orthopaedic

British

/ ˌɔːθəʊˈpiːdɪk /

adjective

of or relating to orthopaedics
designed to help correct or ameliorate the discomfort of disorders of the spine and joints

orthopaedic mattresses

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She was taken to Treviso's Ca' Foncello hospital which later revealed that Vonn "underwent orthopaedic surgery to stabilise a fracture of the left leg".

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

Blau, who leads the Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology and holds the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation Professorship, and Nidhi Bhutani, PhD, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, are the study's senior authors.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

If appropriate actions had been taken, they "would have likely reduced harm to paediatric orthopaedic patients", the independent investigators concluded.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

In particular, the report focused on an external review into Ms Stohr's work written in 2016 by Robert Hill, a senior paediatric orthopaedic surgeon.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

This was in 1877 and orthopaedic surgery was not what it is today.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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